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Tewksbury package proves to be harmless

By Robert Mills, rmills@lowellsun.com

Updated:
04/30/2013 06:36:38 AM EDT

TEWKSBURY -- Shawsheen Street was closed at East Street for about an hour Monday night after a large backpack positioned next to railroad tracks prompted suspicion and brought the state police bomb squad to Tewksbury.

State troopers used a robot made by iRobot in Bedford to X-ray the suspicious backpack a little after 8 p.m., and determined the bag was full of scrap metal and railroad spikes.

Someone reported the suspicious package about 6:45 p.m., after seeing it next to the railroad tracks where they cross Shawsheen Street.

Police set up a perimeter to keep people at least 100 yards away from the backpack as a precaution.

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